Newsletter Discussion: What Franchise Needs An MMO?

Tomorrow, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning officially launches, bringing the classic tabletop franchise to the world of MMOs at last. These days, it seems like almost every franchise has a MMO - Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Final Fantasy - but what's left? This week, we'd like to know:

What existing franchise would make the best MMO? (That doesn't have one already in development.)

Share your thoughts with us and post in the comment thread!

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Pokemon MMO

Pokemon is the one that comes to mind for me, too.

That thing would be ridiculously addictive.

There are franchises that don't have MMOs? Pokemon MMO would beyond rock! All they need is any pokemon game and just make it online and it would sell like nintendo

Forgotten Realms..
The best franchise ever.. ! With all the city, heroes, rules, would need a developer like bioware to fullfill all is potential.

king of fighters mmo, not in fight style but like samurai shodown rpg style, street fighter mmo this one where you fight mobs in street fighter style but roams the world in some mmorpg kinda game, mega man, diablo mmo theres so many cool ideas in my head

I want to see a fight style MMO. Capcom vs SNK style. Mortal Kombat style. Killer Instinct style. Wouldn't that be truly something? If made properly?

I wouldnt mind seeing one based on the Riftwar books, though it would probably be a LOT of work to make it interesting enough in game form.

My other two favourite series stargate and dbz are already becoming one so :P

Pokemon would be to addictive, couldnt step away from that

agreed Pokemon would be far beyond addictive

though I wouldn't mind seeing something along the lines of a Naruto or a full blown Shadowrun mmo and not some crappy fps game like it is now.

MechWarrior [mercs]

All new mechwarrior MMO would be good, if they do it right.

It'd have to be pretty in-depth not to get old quickly though.

Mass effect also, with some changes and a dynamic 'world' [space], space station ownership .etc.

also a really WWI MMO would be quite popular, there hasn't ever been one done [DoA was probably closest but its not very good].
same sort of concept as WWIIOL but bigger budget and done properly from the start.

Futurama could be ok if you are looking beyond games. I also think that Farscape could be good

Dune The MMO.

Megaman, probably impossible to follow the story line and still be an MMO.
Mechwarrior, I have thought this fits the MMO play style perfectly.
Resident evil, everyone is a zombie so go ahead and stab and shoot each other.

StoneReign:
Resident evil, everyone is a zombie so go ahead and stab and shoot each other.

Might not carry the RE title, but this promising MMO is probably the closest thing to ever be a zombie online: Exanimus

Brume:
Forgotten Realms..
The best franchise ever.. ! With all the city, heroes, rules, would need a developer like bioware to fullfill all is potential.

Agreed. Take D&DO and flush that P.O.S. down the toilet and let a company that knows what they are doing develop a game that uses the D&D/Forgotten Realms backdrop. This is the single most unused/wasted resource out there.

Never understood why this hasn't happened. The classes, spells, items, monsters, etc. are all there just waiting for a developer to transform it into the best selling MMO of all time.

Maybe even go so far as to use the Baldur's Gate niche.

I'd love to see a .hack MMO the concept is good and Japan tried and failed I believe at it once yet I believe it could be a great MMO if worked on by the right set of people!

maybe an assassin MMO? not really sure how it would work though...

I know a lot of IPs that would make good MMOs:

The one I want to see made the most is Dune, based on the Herbert novels. Think of it, you could have both ground and space combat, multiple planets to control. Economics and politics would drive the game as much as combat. Each Great and Minor House would have their own product line, and players/guilds would opt to ally themselves with a House. Players could also opt to join an independent organization like the Bene Geseret, Bene Tlilaxu, or the Spacing Guild. A lot of potential for originality here; I figure if a Conan game could get made, there's enough interest for something like this.

The other is a little odder: Naurto, the MMO. The setting is PERFECT for a ninja/martial arts based MMO. You've got multiple villages, missions, tensions between villages, and a "Big Bad" that threatens it all. The different villages and different "families" could provide the unique character skills or specialities, with each family having a unique justu of their own.

Many others come to mind, but those are my top two ideas.

It's enough how Brian Herbert has butchered the Dune legacy, and now you want someone to go off and create another run-of-the-mill MMO based on Dune to butcher it even further?